The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-07
TABOR's THREE AGES.

TABOR'S THREE AGEA
statos Senator and his IFa.sns Mines
The PlsaainE storskeeper. the Daring
specuiatsr. the Msas.isviss Oh Mas.
From ne st. Losa Globe DemoeyaI
The man who has stuck to Leadville with
never-failins faith Y Tabor. He came In WITH
1 tn q ana
dust just too late to secure one Of the hun.
dred-feet strips Of the long narrow rayine for
dirt G Into f the sluics. Out q tho millions t.ksn
from the guleh during 1850 and 81 his sh s
sa s is civ q orc. pr.d:Se:sor.
There Tabor. stayed and sold hour and bacon
sns sss and IL 'as ely M q sS
~ Il. but h be a:vss saSnSh
UP, the 1uloh 70 : more conysnisnt location
aruS 81 M MODEST prots When times we're psr
ucularly dull Mrs. Tabor No. l, now living In
sd nsr thar
ton by tho old timers
ate ssssh i INDIAN mo ines. R VI Sr9
s TssSs .h. in: n.m.
s shc.s asT IN sSSnor q Ed1is
s aS' a .hS Bas ss6i .h ma
abe od.a E
BORIS head was not turned from his routine
Of bookkeeping. His trade doomed naturally
Eth aSs Is many a.s
The biF rush. h;Hwysrs F s1 os tXsrybody
strained their backs 1t the PICK and the Wind
ssSsi Is aH + 8. Ss:f sa +:
. You nIshs Say pioddtns. storetsspsEi q ths
"a there We . I'm: ;, Nobody ever thought Of
Occasionally the impecunious prospeotor
came to Tabor with proposition for grub
tie and SSished the suppes
miner shouldered tho pack and wont over the
b a and sor 3 Sc
staked IL his time Ieadvilis does MOI, pretend
Ai sSsF sn,sn x' e.ns q
FSa1 sss Kept ths fat ana sus
lie. R No II word Is spoksn Of lin as store.
the usual credit arrangement with Tabor. for
grub walked up the hlli as 60 many others
had done before t hin anG went % work ne
tailor was George Hook. who, after listening to
his goose under the table. followed the miner
the h and won't to TorS st the saf Fof
and George Hook secretly regretted the day he
left the bench to become a mining man.
sa gt aG ,Ss %e pse sss
Tabor true to his character f0E banging on.
romance Of Little Pittsbgrs. Rische. Hook,
tailor. and the plodding storekeeper were made
this sudden leap Into fortune was strikinely
4Rischs speedily pumped his 100000 into
other mining ventures and ran through il T.,
bonds. per cents for the most part. moved to
RenCr got s9me and sn' s9
by On we Ss With gin
whens ess the latter draws, on the strength Of
AS for Tabor, the ploddinG storekeeper be-
came another man entirely. He and Jerome 3:
Sssss RsS on day. s sse aH it,
One day when they had lust received returns
from the latest SHIPMENT to the smelter and
for 9 slo' satS % aeo '''.. w., n.D'
pse;sstSS oSH 81 Something go
Come to think of IT. though" said Tabor,
B sllevSs we'll We Hf MAKE Il 800 oS6o oo." 0
And they did. The 400 900 shares at 800 par
TsasSed Ts5s aRa S 1885,
900. And then Tabor showed that besides pos
sessing capacity FIR holding on ne knew
didn't believe it was a fair equivalent for that
Of ms By
Whole Fryer hin was solid silver. Little Pitts.
has y yieiaed 81 ooa6oo Just loo per cent. on the
Investment represented by the stock at s95a
enaTs B1t the a1s the last Is
pitasbUSg $4,000 But But his luck didn't stop
vile known as Chicken Bill. His mother knew
him as William Lowell. Before. the Lsadyills,
carrier IN the meantains and did little es.
sshfesens afe dee
days. and when ne SGT 70 ths end Of the route
way bfli. He had eaten the fowls, Ever after
there Is no diiiSuIsy in idsntIfying Il, him in the
men here remember him as Mr.. Lowell WIN,
Chicken pm took up claim p. on Fryer I'm
1e sha to saeh depth
that II was quite tiresome to haul the ID. dirt up
In BUCKET he became dssSased In ths s Ian
Ia condition OF mind which obliterated
drifts made 4 easy for him 70 deyoar an.
night and walked down the hill. As he came
to George Fryer's New Discovery Mine hiseyes
fell on some very good ore which had just been
taken out. Bill looked around; That was be;
fore the days of watchmen at the dumps and
when all Leadville was supposed to be
honest; Bill gathered up 2 lot OF ore,
back to his shaft, and threw the chunks
hum9r. The next morning bright and early he
was down his shalt pounding away among the
rocks, About noon he went down town and
told Tabor and others that he had struck 1t at
last. Tabor. flushed with his Little Pittsburg
experience, was then on the lookout for any
thing and eSEsrytninEj and ne sent man n up 70
gator came back and reported !" several inches
Bill what he wanted for hts find. and Bill said
he owed 800 for grub which must be wiped
our, and on top that he wanted $50 for spend
Ing money. Tabor paid $3.50 and took posses
sIon. He sank that sailed shaft five feet from
where Bill had stopped and struck orc which
yielded over 81, 00OO0O
ThiS is the romance OF the discovery OF the